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Leafless Tongue Orchid - South East Corner: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Cryptostylis hunteriana

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Vulnerable

Last updated: 13 Oct 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Leafless Tongue Orchid is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South East Corner Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Bateman	Known	None
East Gippsland Lowlands	Known	None
South East Coastal Ranges	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Leafless Tongue Orchid - South East Corner is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - 3434 Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3545 Coastal Sands Bloodwood Low Forest
- Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3675 Far North Peaks Scrub Woodland
  - 3683 Timbarra Granite Blackbutt Forest
  - 3684 Timbarra Granite Strawberry Gum-Stringybark Woodland
- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3191 South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3646 Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3654 Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3659 South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3662 South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3581 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest
  - 3582 Hunter Coast Lowland Apple-Bloodwood Forest
  - 3583 Hunter Coast Lowland Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3584 Illawarra Escarpment Cliffline Scrub
  - 3588 Shoalhaven Foothills Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 1681 Smooth-barked Apple - Cabbage Palm - Broad-leaved Mahogany woodland on Wallarah Peninsular
  - 3590 Southern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3598 Woronora Plateau Scribbly Gum Woodland
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- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 1666 Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Fringe Myrtle - Scaly Phebalium heathy woodland on exposed sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3689 Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest
- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 1671 Brown Bloodwood - Dwyer's Red Gum - Red Ironbark heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 1668 Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Ironbark heathy open forest on sandstone ranges of the upper Hunter
  - 1674 Red Ironbark - Brown Bloodwood - Black Pine heathy open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 1672 Red Ironbark - Grey Gum - Black Pine heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 1669 Red Ironbark - Grey Gum - Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Brown Bloodwood shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3906 Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
  - 3917 Shoalhaven Lowland Heath
  - 3923 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3937 Northern Escarpment Granitoid Wet Heath
  - 4136 Timbarra Granite Mallee Wet Heath

Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
  - 3407 Central Headland Grassland

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3269 Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
- New England Grassy Woodlands
  - 533 New England Peppermint grassy woodland on granitic substrates of the New England Tableland Bioregion

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3794 Lower North Coast Headland Clay Heath
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 4129 Timbarra Granite Rockplate Shrubland
  - 3847 Timbarra Granite Rocky Heath-Woodland
  - 4130 Warra Rockplate Shrubland
- South Coast Heaths
  - 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
- Southern Montane Heaths
  - 3872 Illawarra Basalt Melaleuca Scrub
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
  - 3814 Woronora Plateau Heath-Mallee

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
  - 99993 Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3259 Sydney Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest
- Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
  - 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
  - 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
  - 3271 Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  - 3274 South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest

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